Micrixalus saxicola

Micrixalus saxicola (black torrent frog, Malabar tropical frog, Jerdon's olive-brown frog, small torrent frog) is a species of frog in the family Micrixalidae, found in forest streams in the Western Ghats of India.[1][2]

Micrixalus saxicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Micrixalidae
Genus: Micrixalus
Species:
M. saxicola
Binomial name
Micrixalus saxicola
(Jerdon, 1854)
Synonyms[2]
  • Polypedates saxicola Jerdon, 1853
  • Ixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1853)

Description

«Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region flat, vertical; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum small, hidden. Toes very broadly webbed, the web reaching the disks, which are very large; subarticular tubercles small; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being stretched forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above and beneath: a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive-brown above, with more or less distinct darker reticulations; limbs with dark cross bands; throat and breast often marbled with brown. Male with internal vocal sacs, the openings of which are very small.»[3]

  • From snout to vent 1-2 inches.
  • Habitat: Malabar and Wynaad; on rocks in shady mountain-streams.

References
  1. Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S.; Bhatta, G.; Adoor, S. (2009). "Micrixalus saxicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T58384A11764402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58384A11764402.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Micrixalus saxicola (Jerdon, 1854)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. Boulenger, G. A. (1890) Fauna of British India: Reptilia and batrachia. p. 465.


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